Estonian Bacon pig

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The Estonian Bacon ({{langx|et|eesti peekon}}) is a meat pig breed from Estonia.{{Cite journal|last=Parts|first=J. (Institute of Animal Breeding and Veterinary Science)|date=1990|title=On breeding of the Bacon pigs in Estonia|url=https://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=EE9400113|journal=Animal Breeding|language=Russian|issn=0202-1978}}{{Cite journal|last1=Timoshenko|first1=T. N.|last2=Fedorenkova|first2=L. A.|last3=Yanovich|first3=E. I. (Belarus Research Inst of Animal Production)|date=2000|title=The development and productivity of estonian bacon breed of pigs|url=https://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=BY2002000026|journal=Zootekhnicheskaya Nauka Belarusi (Belarus)|language=Russian}}{{Cite book|title=Animal genetic resources of the USSR |chapter =3. Pigs|first1=A.B. |last1=Koziner |first2=E.R. |last2=Shtakelberg|url=http://www.fao.org/3/ah759e/AH759E10.htm|access-date=2021-06-12|website=www.fao.org}} It was developed from a local landrace by crossbreeding it with German, Danish and Swedish landraces. Its appearance looks similar to the Danish Landrace.

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  • {{cite web|url=http://www.estpig.ee/?AJALUGU |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217122446/http://www.estpig.ee/?AJALUGU |archive-date= 2016-02-17 |first1= V. |last1=Laanmäe |title=Eesti seatõugude aretamisest ja jõudlusest 1923...1956|language=Estonian }}

Category:Pig breeds originating in Estonia

Category:Animal breeds originating in the Soviet Union

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